Holland fans prepare to make World Cup final against Spain ‘Oranje’ affair

Holland’s fans are descending upon the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg in preparation for tonight’s World Cup final against Spain.

Dutch fans party outside Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg

The Dutch will be playing in their third final, having lost their previous two against West Germany and Argentina in 1974 and 1978.

The Dutch fans are sporting some interesting costumes

The Oranje fans always turn up in force for World Cups, and the majority who headed to South Africa have stayed for the duration of the tournament to catch the team’s three group wins as well as the three subsequent wins in the knockout rounds.

But rather than just providing glamour and colour to the tournament’s stands, their team has also played solid football – continuing their two-and-a-half-year unbeaten run with some impressive performances.

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In Group E, the Dutch beat Japan, Denmark, and Cameroon, before despatching Slovakia in the second round, joint favourites Brazil in the quarter-finals and Uruguay in the semi-final.

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Despite seeing off the South American five-time winners in the last-eight, they now have to take on co-favourites and Euro 2008 winners Spain for the right to call themselves world champions.

But, win or lose, the colour the Dutch fans – decked in classic bright orange – bring to the tournament is always a pleasure to see.

These Dutch tigers are hoping their heroes will be holding the real thing on Sunday night